Methodology

For the list, Forbes accepted nominations from the public through an online portal. To be eligible for the 30 Under 30 list, nominees must be 29 or younger and cannot have been named to a previous 30 Under 30 list.

Nominees were evaluated by Forbes staff and a panel of independent, expert judges on several factors, including funding, revenue, social impact, scale, inventiveness, and potential. The four judges for the healthcare category were:

• Jim Breyer, founder of Breyer Capital
• Kate Haviland, CEO of Blueprint Medicines
• Megan Mahoney, a physician and professor at the University of California, San Francisco
• Stephanie Strong, founder of Boulder Care and an alumnus of the Under 30 Class of 2019

Forbes' 30 under 30 in healthcare

This year's list honors the following individuals in healthcare:

• Anirudh Josh (29), Viswesh Krishna (23), and Damir Vrabac (28), cofounders of Valar Labs, a company that helps patients find the most effective cancer treatment by inputting images of their tumors into artificial intelligence (AI) models
• Akshaya Annapragada (27), a M.D./Ph.D candidate at Johns Hopkins University who invented blood tests to screen for liver and ovarian cancers, as well as an AI program called ARTEMIS that has identified 800 new genomic characteristics with roles in cancer
• Rob Baldoni (25), cofounder of Dannce.ai, which uses video-based deep learning software to analyze movement, and can help doctors evaluate patients with Parkinson's and other neuropsychiatric conditions
• Douglas Ford (28) and Scott Tisoskey (24), cofounders of Chromie Health, which uses AI to predict patient demand and ensure that hospitals have the right number of nurses at the right time
• Giulio Deangeli (29), cofounder of Oxbridge Clinical, which is developing point-of-care diagnostic technology to help doctors more quickly identify microorganisms involved in patient cases instead of waiting days or weeks for a confirmatory lab result
• Apoorva Katragadda (29) and Vishnu Sunil (29), cofounders of EmerStat who are developing a medical device that repels blood instead of absorbing it to reduce hemorrhage during trauma care
• Cydney Kim (29), Nikita Singareddy (28), and Ben Wesner (28), cofounders of Fortuna Health, which uses software to facilitate Medicaid enrollment and renewal
• Patrick Gilligan (27), founder of Somethings, a startup that connects teenagers with young adult mentors who have experience with mental health disorders
• Suhas Gondi (29), resident physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital who also researches the role of venture capital and private equity in healthcare
• Rithvik Seela (24) and Andrew Zelaya (24), cofounders of Gradia Health, which uses software to offer Medicare patients customized support, such as access to virtual nurses and dieticians
• Jasmin Brooks Stephens (28), a clinical psychologist and incoming assistant professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, whose research has focused on suicide and racial trauma prevention, as well as mental health disparities in Black communities
• Kamran Ansari (19) and Nadia Ansari (21), cofounders of FluxWear, a noninvasive neuromodulation device that can be worn as a cap
• Aviv Elor (27) and Ash Robbins (28), cofounders of Immergo Labs, which uses AI and virtual reality to help physical therapists work with patients anywhere in the world through telehealth
• Sahir Jaggi (29), founder of Tandem, a "prescription access service" that uses AI software to help patients get prior authorization and apply for drug affordability programs
• Hannah Javidi (27), a postdoctoral researcher at the Indiana University School of Public Health who created a digital program to teach teenagers about sexual consent and skills
• Hilary Dubin (29) and Caroline Huber (29), cofounder of Jones, an e-commerce platform that combines nicotine replacement therapy, a behavioral support app, and an AI coach to help people quit vaping
• Yue Clare Lou (29), cofounder of Sift Biosciences, a startup that uses AI and high-throughput screening to create next-generation immune boosters
•  Aimun Malik (29), cofounder of the Allied Network for Neurodevelopmental Advancement (ANNA), a startup that aims to make autism care and therapy more accessible to children and their parents
• Kiara Botha (27), Nadia Ladak (26), and Harit Sohal (26), cofounders of Marlow, a company that is on a mission to solve the "gender pain gap"
• Kevin Mekulu (29), a Ph.D candidate at Pennsylvania State University who created an AI-based technology called DementiAnalytics to improve screening for cognitive impairment
• Sidney Collin (27), cofounder of De Oro Devices who created a device called NexStride that attaches to a walker or can and provide visual or auditory signals to assist with mobility
• Tamara Chayo (25), founder of MEDU Protection, a company that aims to help hospitals save money and be environmentally sustainable with Level 4 reusable hospital gowns that can be re-washed 50 times
• Smriti Pandey (28), a postdoctoral researcher at the Broad Institute who has helped significantly advance genome editing tools
• Matthew Park (27), an M.D. candidate at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai whose doctoral research has helped advanced the understanding of cancer as a disease related to aging
• Kanishka Rao (28), cofounder of Carenostics, a company that uses AI-powered software to help physicians identify, evaluate, and intervene with high-risk patients who may have undetected chronic conditions, such as kidney disease or asthma
• Karthik Ravi (23), an M.D. candidate at Stanford Medical School, who is developing minimally invasive blood and spinal fluid tests to help identify and monitor brain cancer in children
• Raghav Sehgal (29), director of bioinformatics at the Healthy Longevity Clinic, who created a patent-pending biomarker that measures aging in 11 different organs through a single blood draw called SYMPHONYAge
• Autumn-Kyoko Cushman (28) and Leann Haddad (28), cofounders of ShiftRx, a software startup that uses AI to help shift workers, such as pharmacists and pharmacy techs, apply, onboard, and get paid for short-term contract work
• Niko Fotopoulos (25) and Ricky Pati (26), cofounders of Sparx, a company that uses performance underwriting software to make it easier for physicians to participate in value-based care programs
• Tanvee Varma (28), resident physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital who helped create the Diversity Good Pharma ScoreCard, which evaluates pharmaceutical companies on how well the patients in their clinical trials represent the patients who would benefit from a new treatment